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Advances in oncologic imaging†‡

Update on 5 Common Cancers

  1. Oguz Akin MD1,
  2. Sandra B. Brennan MBBCh, FRCR2,
  3. D. David Dershaw MD, FACR3,
  4. Michelle S. Ginsberg MD4,
  5. Marc J. Gollub MD, FACR5,
  6. Heiko Schöder MD6,
  7. David M. Panicek MD, FACR7,
  8. Hedvig Hricak MD, PhD8,§,*

Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.3322/caac.21156

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CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volume 62, Issue 6, pages 364–393, November/December 2012

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Akin, O., Brennan, S. B., Dershaw, D. D., Ginsberg, M. S., Gollub, M. J., Schöder, H., Panicek, D. M. and Hricak, H. (2012), Advances in oncologic imaging. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 62: 364–393. doi: 10.3322/caac.21156

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  1. 1

    Associate Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Associate Attending Radiologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

  2. 2

    Assistant Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Assistant Attending Radiologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

  3. 3

    Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Attending Radiologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

  4. 4

    Associate Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Associate Attending Radiologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

  5. 5

    Associate Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Associate Attending Radiologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

  6. 6

    Associate Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Attending Physician, Nuclear Medicine Service, Department of Radiology, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

  7. 7

    Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Attending Radiologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, NY

  8. 8

    Professor of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Attending Radiologist, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, and Chair, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

  1. §

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*Chair, Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, room C-278, New York, NY 10065

  1. †

    We thank Ada Muellner, MS, for editing the manuscript.

  2. ‡

    DISCLOSURES: The authors reported no conflicts of interest.

  3. §

    Fax: (212) 794-4010

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